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How popular is the name Dena?
Births per year, rank history and how many Denas are alive today.
Dena (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Dina in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2001, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1520th most popular that year. It has declined since 2001; the 2025 figure is roughly 25% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Dina you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Dinas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 30, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dina - on average, only one in every 186 such rooms contains a Dina.
How many babies are named Dena each year?
Includes all spellings: Dena, Deena, Dina. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dena spelling rank?
Where does the Deena spelling rank?
Where does the Dina spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dena most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Dina, peaked in 2018, when 67 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dena spelling itself peaked in 2001, with 12 babies.
How many people are called Dena?
At least 1,700 people named Dena in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dena?
Most living Denas are between 9 and 30; the most common age is about 7. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Dena becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2018 peak.